AUTONOMOUS CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES
Florida excavation company Tomahawk announced that it's planning to roll out autonomous dump trucks to help with the construction of a housing development. The trucks are made by California-based company Teleo, which says full automation on construction vehicles is still years away, but that its truck can operate with limited supervision by a human operator.
SUNNY D WITH ALCOHOL
SunnyD, known for its popularity among kids, is releasing an alcoholic seltzer drink. The SunnyD Vodka Seltzer comes in a four-pack for $9.99 and will begin sales at Walmart on Saturday, March 11. Each drink is 95 calories. The company joins a growing number of drink brands that have released an alcoholic option to keep up with rising demand for hard seltzers.
Police said a drive-by shooting left 10 people hurt in Lakeland, FL.
Alec Baldwin was formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of "Rust" in 2021.
The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features.
The costs of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to skyrocket once the government stops buying them, with Pfizer saying it will charge as much as $130 per dose, and millions of people are expected to be kicked off of Medicaid.
Parts of the south are bracing themselves for an onslaught of wet wintry weather that will last for most of the workweek.
The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency.
A sixth officer involved in the beating death of Tyre Nichols was relieved of duty, according to Karen Rudolph, a spokeswoman for the Memphis Police department.
The same day, U.S. health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States.
While the unit that killed Nichols has been disbanded, advocates say nothing less than a cultural change in law enforcement broadly will provide the safety and liberty Black people demand.
Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man was made public Friday, one day after they were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.
